Second courses are the basis of every family’s diet. There are hundreds and thousands of such home cooking options in every kitchen in the world. Meat, vegetable, cereal and mixed with herbs and sauces, cooked from a steamer, oven, slow cooker, and just from the stove.
Delicious recipes for second courses in a hurry or for a festive table are infinitely diverse. Simple recipes with photos will help even novice cooks in cooking.
The second course to the table is traditionally served after the soup – in other words, the main ones are the “second” dishes that are familiar to us, which are the central element of the meal. Most often, the main second course is prepared from meat, poultry, fish and seafood, to which cooked or raw vegetables, legumes, cereals, pasta and mushrooms are necessarily served as a side dish.
Fish or meat main dishes are the most satisfying, nutritious and large in volume. For every day, modern chefs, as a rule, serve simple main dishes that are easy to prepare. Cutlets, meatballs, schnitzels, sausages, cabbage rolls, fried fish or fish in batter, which do not require much time for heat treatment and serving. On the occasion of the solemn events, a festive main dish is being prepared, which should surprise the guests and become the culmination of the banquet. Here, each cook is already trying to show her culinary skills, choosing from the most delicious recipes of the main dishes what suits the tastes of the guests and the budget of the hosts.
Here you will find a rich selection of photo-recipes of main dishes – bean rolls with cheese, white fish meatballs, rabbit in orange marinade, pork stuffed with prunes, chicken with peaches and Scottish eggs. The main dishes prepared according to our recommendations will definitely become the star of the dinner party!
Delicious chicken skewers in a pan. Great idea for a homemade dinner or lunch. The dish is very simple to prepare and the result is delicious. The meat is tender, the vegetables are fragrant, you just lick your fingers.
Delicious champignon and bell pepper appetizer. it is very easy to prepare. It can be served on a festive table or taken for a picnic. Pickled vegetables are perfect for kebabs.
Spaghetti aglio e olio – is a classic Italian dish. Just a couple of ingredients, a little time and you will have a Neapolitan classic ready for dinner.
Today we will prepare dumplings with cottage cheese and dill, and we will prepare dumplings from custard dough. Custard dough differs from the usual one in that it is not filled with cold water, but boiling water, this is necessary so that when cooking our dumplings do not fall apart. I will sculpt dumplings in a Varenitsa, if you do not have one, then either buy it or sculpt them with your hands. In General, this dish belongs to the Ukrainian national cuisine. If you are visiting from Ukraine, you can safely cook dumplings. I will also tell you one small tradition, usually dumplings are washed down with milk, be sure to try it, it is very tasty.
But you can stuff vegetables not only with meat and rice… Very tasty peppers and eggplant with beans, these vegetables always enrich the taste of each other.
Baked trout with pears and nuts will decorate the festive table and gray everyday life. Pear notes and nutty crumbs will complement the delicate taste of trout and will not leave indifferent even the most discerning gourmets!
Meatballs stuffed with seeds with carrot and cream puree. Everything is interesting in this recipe: a filling of seeds with cheese and herbs, spicy minced meat and a stunning carrot sauce. The sauce is easy to prepare, it has such a noble taste that it can be suitable for various dishes. Try it!